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| Eastphalian | |
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| Spoken in | Germany |
| Region | Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt |
| Native speakers | unknown (date missing) |
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Indo-European
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
Eastphalian (No.7) within the Low German (yellow) and Low Franconian (red) language area
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Eastphalian, or Eastfalian (German: Ostfälisch), is a West Low German dialect spoken east of the Weser river in southern parts of Lower Saxony and western parts of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, including Hanover, Braunschweig, Hildesheim, Göttingen and Magdeburg, an area that roughly corresponds with the historic region of Eastphalia.
[edit] Subdivisions
- Elbe Eastphalian (around Oschersleben and Haldensleben in the Magdeburger Börde, an area between Helmstedt and Magdeburg)
- Göttingisch-Grubenhagensch (around Göttingen, Northeim and Osterode am Harz
- Heide Eastphalian (around Celle, with Northern Low Saxon elements)
- Central Eastphalian is the Eastphalian subdialect spoken in a large area surrounding Braunschweig and Hanover.
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